144 FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



The Saranac Nursery last year supplied the following amounts and 

 kinds of stock for field planting: 



White pine, 4-year-old transplants 21 ,000 



Scotch pine, 4-year-old transplants 90,000 



Scotch pine, 3-year-old transplants 86 , 000 



Bull pine, 4-year-old transplants 1 , 600 



Norway spruce, 4-year-old transplants 67 ,000 



265,600 



There is stock in this nursery now ready for shipment the coming 

 spring as follows: 



White pine, 4-year-old transplants 66 , 000 



Red pine, 4-year-old transplants 13 , 000 



Bull pine, 3-year-old transplants 18,000 



Scotch pine, 3-year-old transplants 123 ,000 



220,000 



In addition to this stock there is in this nursery 



White pine, 3 year-old transplants 68 , 757 



Norway spruce, 3-year-old transplants 88 , 478 



White pine, 2-year-old seedlings 80,000 estimated 



Bull pine, 2-year-old seedlings 20,000 estimated 



Red pine, 2-year-old seedlings 5 ,000 estimated 



Scotch pine, 2-year-old seedlings 100,000 estimated 



White pine, 1 -year-old seedlings 125 ,000 estimated 



Red pine, 1 -year-old seedlings 40,000 estimated 



Scotch pine, i-year-old seedlings 30,000 estimated 



Bull pine, 1 -year-old seedlings 10,000 estimated 



This nursery is our oldest one and remains the same size as last year. 

 The same system has been followed as described in our previous reports, 

 except that w T e are now taking from this nurserv for field work three-year- 

 old Scotch pine transplants instead of leaving them in the beds until they 

 are four years old. Experiments have been conducted which show that 

 three-year-old Scotch pine transplants will make a rapid growth in the 

 plantations. They are much easier to ship, require less labor to set in the 

 field, and by using stock at this age the annual output of the nursery is 



